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Knowing “The Known World”
Attention alumni: this event is just for you. Knowing “The Known World” Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Edward P. Jones Date: Feb 18, 2009 Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM ET Location: The George Washington University Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW Washington, D.C. Description: Please join Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Spring 2009…
Stephen Greenblatt is coming to GW
Although all of the Inauguration Festivities are likely in their own way to be worth attending, allow me to call your attention to two that you will not want to miss, both of them on Wednesday November 14. 1. “Cultural Mobility: The Travels of Shakespeare’s Cardenio” by Stephen Greenblatt, Professor of English, Harvard University. In…
Memorials in Harry Potter: A Scholarly Conversation
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling describes a statue of the Potter family in Godric’s Hollow’s village square and a memorial sign in front of the house where James and Lily died but never explains where they came from. Listen to a theory about when these memorials were likely to have been…
Stay in the GW English Loop: October Events
September was a whirlwind of a month, complete with starting new classes and welcoming new members to the GW English community. The English department hosted and participated in a number of exciting events in September, including Brando Skyhorse’s first reading, Amy Bloom’s reading and the Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Annual lecture. It was great seeing…
Kiese Laymon Reads This Thursday
Don’t miss the next event in our Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series: Kiese Laymon who will present this Thursday, at 7:30 PM, in the Marvin Center Amphitheater. Laymon is the author of the novel, Long Division, and a collection of essays entitled, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. He is Associate Professor of…
“Nothing is but what is not”: The Forthcoming Feature Film of Macbeth
Dr Judith Buchanan 4:00-4:50 pm, October 25, Phillips 629 Judith Buchanan In this illustrated talk Judith Buchanan, co-writer of and Shakespeare advisor to the forthcoming GSP Studios film Macbeth, gives an insider perspective on the film. Judith Buchanan is Professor of Film and Literature and Dean of the Arts and Humanities at the University…